About 230 Polk County students from middle and high schools showed off their knowledge of history on Friday, Feb. 28 at the Polk County School District’s 15th Annual History Fair held in Bartow. Students from 19 Polk schools and some home-schooled students shared their knowledge of “Rights and Responsibilities in …
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Eight school and law enforcement officials agreed Thursday that a solution to bullying is education, but the trick is, who’s going to do it. School officials including Superintendent of Schools …
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An estimated 50 people were present May 22 when Kathryn LeRoy was chosen as the new Polk County Public Schools superintendent. Unlike the two rounds of school superintendent interviews, which …
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Hundreds of Bartow parents, business representatives and guests went on a treasure hunt Thursday at Bartow Elementary Academy to learn how a $500,000 federal grant was tapped for science, technology, …
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On Thursday, March 13, Tampa General Hospital and Aeromed (which is contracted with the hospital) officially unveiled its new helicopter: the Bell 407GX. The helicopter is one of four that …
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It was wall-to-wall people and wall-to-wall excitement Thursday, March 6 at A-C-T Environmental and Infrastructure. Not only was there a teaming up with The Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce by …
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